A remorseful death row inmate pleaded for forgiveness and mouthed one final message before being put to death in Texas on ...

The Longhorns followed their four-point win over second-ranked South Carolina on Sunday by extending their winning streak to ...

For the second year, Kentucky lawmakers try to weaken a mine safety law enacted in response to a worker's death in a Harlan ...

Gov. Jeff Landry announced in February 2025 that executions are set to resume in Louisiana, and state judges signed death ...

On Wednesday, a proposed bill which would compensate Kentuckians wrongfully convicted of a crime, took its next step in the legislative process.

Although the death row inmates have been transferred from Kinshasa to the high-security Angenga prison in the northwest, no executions have been carried out to date. However, responding to reports ...

In a 120-page order, Superior Court Judge Wayland Sermons also ruled that race was “a significant factor” in other death ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky lawmaker is hoping his quest to limit the pardon powers of governors in his state has ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in favor of convicted murderer Brenda Andrew, the only woman on Oklahoma’s death row, ordering a lower court to review whether she got a ...

A new bill filed in the Kentucky legislature would create a fund to compensate people who are wrongly convicted and then ...

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a Kentucky mother accused of killing her 3-month-old baby. Brenna Burkhart, 24, has been in jail since June 2024, about two months after Kentucky ...